Educational Knowledge: Changing Relationships Between the State, Civil Society, and the Educational Community
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Overview
Focusing on comparative examination of educational reforms, this book explores the relation of state practices and educational knowledge to changes in culture and economics among nations." "Educational Knowledge brings neo-Marxist theories, world systems, and post-modern cultural and political theories into a conversation about the changes that are occurring in the educational arena. This book will interest not only specialists in the field of education studying educational reform, but also economists, political scientists, sociologists, and comparative historians who examine the functioning of education within the larger context of modernization.Synopsis
Focusing on comparative examination of educational reforms, this book explores the relation of state practices and educational knowledge to changes in culture and economics among nations." "Educational Knowledge brings neo-Marxist theories, world systems, and post-modern cultural and political theories into a conversation about the changes that are occurring in the educational arena. This book will interest not only specialists in the field of education studying educational reform, but also economists, political scientists, sociologists, and comparative historians who examine the functioning of education within the larger context of modernization.
Booknews
A collection of 14 studies by education scholars from North and South America, Europe, and Africa bring perspectives of history and the social sciences into strategies for comparative educational research. They consider changes in the operation and objectives of national state, social groups within nations, and education communities as the exist within and among nations. Their focus is on the international setting to underscore the interrelatedness of state practices with larger sets of political, cultural, and economic relations that exist among nations. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)